Flatshare website SpareRoom says over a fifth of 18 to 24 years olds have moved back in with their parents to save cash during the pandemic...

A property company and its director will have to shell out £10,000 after a blaze left six tenants homeless in the middle of lockdown. Barnet council discovered...

There’s a new driver in the lettings market - the need for a flexible location and property type. Market consultancy TwentyCi says demand for this kind of...

One of the most active lenders for international investors in UK buy to let claims to have produced a market-leading mortgage offer. Skipton International is cutting its...

Booming demand for homes in commuter zones and well-connected towns is causing a mini-boom in the lettings market. That’s the view of buy to let specialist Thirlmere...

Greater Manchester’s Labour Mayor, Andy Burnham, says he wants to clamp down on the private rental sector. In his manifesto for next month’s elections, where he is seeking...

Linley & Simpson and Lomond Capital - which joined forces at the end of 2020 to create a new national agency group - says it’s made...

Virtual tour suppliers have been keen to reassure agents that there need be no repeat of problems which befell a Devon agent. Fowlers, based in the Dartmoor market...

A regional agency group is providing training courses free of charge to members “for the foreseeable future.” The training - usually heavily subsidised as a benefit of...

A major trade body has called for a tapering down of notice periods for Section 8 and Section 21. The government has already indicated this is likely...

Another lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to pay an outstanding compensation award - but again, TPO suspects it may...

Lettings franchise giant Hunters has struck a commercial deal with a geospatial technology firm. The partnership offers immediate access to Kamma’s full suite of services including its...

More students would like to see utility charges integrated into the overall costs of their accommodation, according to a specialist lettings platform. Research by UniHomes shows that...

A local estate agency network says it has hosted an extraordinary 96,524 virtual viewings during lockdown. The Miles & Barr agency - with 15 branches and a...

A lettings agency that failed to pay a compensation award ordered by The Property Ombudsman has been expelled from the scheme - but is thought to...

A group of rental campaign bodies have come together to claim that some 694,000 tenants apparently face eviction when the current bailiff-enforced eviction ban finally ends.  The...

London rents climbed for the first time for over a year during Q1 2021 —although the rise was a mere £8 or 0.61 on average. This suggests...

A lettings agent in Slough, called Saville Park Ltd, has been excluded from The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay an outstanding award of £300.  TPO received a complaint from tenants relating to repairs and maintenance of their...

The Home website has produced its latest rental market snapshot - and once again London is the odd region out compared with the rest of the...

A survey by a comparison website suggests landlords are evenly split about how they find letting agents. Some 28 per cent favour physically searching for agents with High Street...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has issued updated guidance to include the recent extension of the bailiff enforcement ban. The ban was recently pushed out...

Average rents in prime central London declined 14.3 per cent in the year to March - but one agency reckons that may be good news. That’s because the 14.3...

Demand is still moving away from cities and towards suburbs and rural areas, according to Rightmove. “Areas around the North and South West are the stand-out seller’s...

One of the industry’s leading experts wants letting agents to engage with tenants and landlords over Covid-related arrears, agree to mediation, and if all else fails...

Buy to let investors are not cashing out of the private rental sector despite the restrictions and taxes imposed by government. Hamptons’ latest research shows that in...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to let his Oxfordshire cottage out - and predictably, he’s chosen an upmarket letting agent. Strutt & Parker has been reported to...

A branch in The Property Franchise Group has snapped up a local independent - and almost 200 additional properties under management.  The Nottingham Sherwood branch of Whitegates,...

Franchise giants Belvoir has revealed strong figures in a trading statement to shareholders - but it’s warning that 2021 remains shrouded in uncertainty despite the success...

Letting agents body ARLA Propertymark has joined the criticism of London Mayor Sadiq Khan who wants to be given the power to impose rent controls. “Rent controls...

Kevin Hollinrake, who until recently was the chairman of Hunters, has been named in an article about Tory MPs who have buy to let portfolios yet...

A property company and a landlord have each been found guilty of 27 charges relating to the management of two properties in Hertfordshire. Captain Solutions and Faraz...

London rents have started to fall again - just as every other region of Britain is showing significant annual increases. Figures for March from the Connells-owned Hamptons...

Inventories PropTech service Inventory Hive has integrated with Reapit via its Foundations platform, meaning agents who use both services will be able to check tenants in...

Rent guarantees and upfront cash payments from local authorities are the most effective means of opening the private rented sector to tenants on benefits, claims a...

At least one lettings agency is on a list of targets for socially-distanced protests tomorrow by anti-eviction campaigners in the left wing Momentum organisation. RS Estate Agents...

Winkworth says its London rental activities have suffered because of a lack of international travel, and students and young professionals returning to family homes in the country.  In...

A lettings management platform is hitting out at the government over the uncertainty surrounding travel restrictions, because of its impact on the holiday lets industry, agents...

As debate rages about whether pets should be allowed in more private rental properties, a senior house building figure has spoken up for the importance of cats, dogs...

The government has at last released details of its mediation scheme - this was hinted at when Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick last extended the ban on...

It’s not just the owner occupier whose property demands have changed radically because of the pandemic - a new survey suggests it’s the same for tenants. Some...

A quarterly index suggests that there’s been a sharp uplift in tenant demand for rental properties across the UK’s major cities as lockdown starts to ease.  Of...

Franchise giant Belvoir has held its annual awards including the naming of the prestigious ‘franchise of the year’. The accolade went to Gary and Amanda Pemberton and...

Agents and other industry players have penned an open letter to government demanding a radical overhaul of targets for energy efficiency in the private rental sector. The Lettings Industry...

Average rents across the UK have risen for the fourth time in as many months according to the HomeLet index. Typical rent is now £992 per month...

London lettings and estate agency Benham and Reeves has calculated a league table of the most popular postcodes in the capital for investors and owner occupier...

Letting agency My Property Box is moving into property sales as part of a significant expansion of its business. The decision follows the acquisition of Bishop Auckland...

Some 39 agents and landlords have had banning orders over the past three years according to a report in The Guardian. Under the 2016 Housing and Planning Act,...

Consolidation within the industry continues apace with the Belvoir Group acquiring the Nicholas Humphreys Franchise Limited in a move announced over Easter. Nicholas Humphreys consists of a...

Leaders Romans Group is launching a consultancy and management service for Build To Rent developers - a bid to engage with institutions in the BTR sector from before...

Changes to electrical safety standards rules applying to existing tenancies came into force at the start of the Easter break and agents are now advised to...